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A Connecticut nurse became the first person in the United States to be vaccinated against the coronavirus yesterday with the Moderny drug approved by the government three days ago. The vaccine was administered in front of television cameras.more

Suspension of flights from and to Great Britain in connection with the new SARS-CoV-2 variant confirmed there is a drastic solution, but from the risk point of view, it can be said that it is a good solution - said Dr. Piotr Rzymski from the Medical University of Poznań.more

Pedro Sanchez's government will create a list of people who will refuse to voluntarily submit to vaccinations against Covid-19 in Spain, according to changes introduced yesterday to the national immunization program.more

The European Commission has authorized the marketing of the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech to the European Union, informed the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. Vaccinations in the EU are scheduled to start on December 27-29.more

Due to the suspension of air connections with Great Britain and restrictions on road transport, Poczta Polska temporarily suspends the acceptance of letters and parcels to Great Britain. Restrictions will remain in effect until further notice.more

The Prime Minister told a Downing Street press conference more than 500,000 people in the UK have now received their first dose of the two-part vaccine since British grandmother Margaret Keenan became the first patient in the world on December 8 to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 jab following its clinical approval.more

First Minister, Mark Drakeford, confirmed the more infectious variant has been detected across the region, at a Welsh Government Covid-19 press conference today.more

Another 33,364 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK in the latest 24 hour period. It follows a record daily high of 35,928 new infections reported on Sunday.more

Britons should be "very concerned" about the mutated strain of COVID-19 that is circulating in London and the South East, Professor Andrew Hayward of the government's New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) said.more

Delivery of the coronavirus vaccine will not be disrupted as a result of France's ban on freight and travel from the UK, the transport secretary has told Sky News.more

Hospital workers are to be vaccinated first on Covid-19. However, among several hundred thousand people, so far only a few tens of thousands are willing. If they do not want to vaccinate, how can they convince others to do so? - asks the Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza".more

People are queuing up in their droves outside supermarkets in London as Christmas bubble plans were cancelled.more

France will start its COVID-19 vaccination programme next Sunday, Health Minister Olivier Veran wrote on his Twitter feed. Veran added in his Tweet on Monday that the French vaccination programme would start off with the most vulnerable members of the population, such as the elderly.more

Due to the observed mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, all people coming to Poland, in particular from Great Britain, can take the test free of charge. You should contact the hotline of the sanitary inspection at +48 22 25 00 115, the Chief Sanitary Inspector reported.more

Mr Hancock said he hopes 500,000 people in the UK will have received the first of two doses of the coronavirus vaccine by the end of the weekend.more

The UK recorded nearly 36,000 new infections of coronavirus on Sunday - the highest daily rise since the start of the pandemic.more

The new strain of COVID-19 is out of control and people need to behave as if they already have the virus, especially in the new Tier 4 areas of England, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned.more

While the nation continues to see record levels of new Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths, wealthy patients in Southern California - the epicenter of the state's Covid-19 crisis - are offering to pay top dollar to cut the line and be among the first to receive a vaccine.more

In the UK, 27,052 new coronavirus infections have been detected in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to over two million, and 534 more deaths from Covid-19 have been registered, the British government said yesterday afternoon.more

We can already see the light, it is vaccinations, if the deliveries of preparations will proceed according to the plan and people will apply for vaccination en masse, in the second quarter of next year we will start to slowly recover from the epidemic - Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki assessed in an interview with "Gazeta Polska".more

Belgium will tighten international entry restrictions Dec. 25 as part of measures to slow transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). From that date, all nonresidents will require proof of a negative COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, taken within 48 hours prior to arrival, before entering the country; exceptions will apply to crossborder commuters.more

A fourth tier of coronavirus restrictions is expected to be introduced in London and south-east England, sources have told the BBC. There is also expected to be a tightening of the plans to relax the rules around households gathering during the Christmas period.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday that he hopes to avoid a new nationwide lockdown in England after Christmas, although he admitted that the number of coronavirus infections in recent weeks has increased very sharply.more

The UK has recorded a further 28,507 daily cases of coronavirus and 489 more deaths. Today’s figures are slightly down on yesterday – when 35,383 cases and 532 deaths were recorded – but the case tally was inflated by delays in reporting new infections in Wales. more

Due to difficulties in the production and distribution of vaccines against Covid-19, France and other countries are unlikely to return to normal "more or less" by autumn 2021, said French government advisor, immunologist Jean-Francois Delfraissy.more